The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is proposing a new Bovine Tuberculosis testing area in the northern lower peninsula.
The department says a wild deer was confirmed positive for the disease in February outside of the state’s current Modified Accredited Zone in Benzie County.
The state needs to expand the zone to portions of Benzie and Manistee counties to comply with its Memorandum of Understanding with the USDA to maintain a split-state status.
